Abstract
A nonsense/protein chain-terminating mutation in the CHMP2B gene has recently been reported as a cause of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in the single large family known to show linkage to chromosome 3. Screening for mutations in this gene in a large series of FTD families and individual patients led to the identification of a protein-truncating mutation in 2 unaffected members of an Afrikaner family with FTD, but not in their affected relatives. The putative pathogenicity of CHMP2B mutations for dementia is discussed.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 129-133 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Neurodegenerative Diseases |
Volume | 3 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2006 |
Keywords
- CHMP2B
- Chromosome 3
- Frontotemporal dementia
- MAPT
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neurology
- Clinical Neurology